Predicated

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of
     praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.]
     1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of
        another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
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     2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
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     Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for
           found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain
           principles; to predicate a statement on information
           received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only
           in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of
           another. "Similitude is not predicated of essences or
           substances, but of figures and qualities only."
           --Cudworth.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "predicated":
     affirmed, alleged, announced, asserted, asseverated, attested,
     averred, avouched, avowed, based on, boxed in, certified,
     circumscribed by, contingent, contingent on, declared, dependent,
     dependent on, depending, depending on, depending on circumstances,
     deposed, enunciated, hedged about by, hinging on, incident to,
     incidental to, manifestoed, pledged, predicated on, professed,
     pronounced, revolving on, stated, subject to, sworn, sworn to,
     turning on, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted